dance the night away

[alpacinou]

Hello.

Can I use the expression "dance the night away" in a negative situation when one is trying to forget their troubles?

Are these okay?

1. Jack knew the next day he would have to go back to prison. He decided to get wasted and dance the night away.
2. Something told her that her mom's surgery would not go well tomorrow. She decided to escape it all and danced the night away at a nightclub.
3.You know, we are screwed tomorrow anyway, so let's dance tonight away at least.

 

[tedmc]

1. Jack knew the next day he would have to go back to prison. He decided to get wasted and dance the night away.
2. Something told her that her mom's surgery would not go well tomorrow. She decided to escape it all and danced the night away at a nightclub.
3.You know, we are screwed tomorrow anyway, so let's dance tonight away at least.

What do you mean by get "wasted"? How about "have a last fling"?

She decided to escape from it all.

 

[Tarheel]

get wasted - drink until you are drunk

 

[tedmc]

Okay, it is a waste to get drunk, so why get started? ;-)

 

[alpacinou]

Okay, but I still want to know if these sentences are correct and natural:


1. Jack knew the next day he would have to go back to prison. He decided to get wasted and dance the night away.

2. Something told her that her mom's surgery would not go well tomorrow. She decided to escape from it all and danced the night away at a nightclub.

3.You know, we are screwed tomorrow anyway, so let's dance tonight away at least.

 

[Tarheel]

I would leave "tomorrow" out of the first sentence in the second example. That is because that tomorrow is clearly in the past. (Context will tell you the surgery was scheduled for the next day.) Otherwise, they're perfect.

 

[alpacinou]

Okay. Please let me if that expression can be used this way as well:

1. I want to go to Emily's place and dance the night away with her. But I know she won't let me in.

And what about imperative sentence?

2. You should dance the night away with Emily. That's the only thing that's going to make you feel better.

 

[emsr2d2]

And what about in an imperative sentence?

2. You should dance the night away with Emily. That's the only thing that's going to make you feel better.

That's not an imperative. Imperatives start with a verb, not "You should". That's a suggestion.

 

[alpacinou]

Okay, what about this?

1.Go home. Dance the night away with your wife. No one knows what's going to happen.

2. I want to go home, get drunk and dance the night away.

I know the second one is not an imperative.

 

[Tarheel]

They're OK. (I probably wouldn't use the second one for two reasons. One, you don't dance very well when you're drunk. (Not that I have ever tried that.) Two, there seems to be a very good chance that that person is going to be dancing by himself.)

 

[alpacinou]

They're OK. (I probably wouldn't use the second one for two reasons. One, you don't dance very well when you're drunk. (Not that I have ever tried that.) Two, there seems to be a very good chance that that person is going to be dancing by himself.)

Is that expression only used for a "two-person" dance? Sometimes people dance alone.

 

[Tarheel]

It is true that sometimes people dance alone, but it's hard to imagine doing that all night as dance the night away suggests.